A team of graduate students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will present findings on how to increase University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) volunteer participation and raise community awareness and access to the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center.
The presentation will be held on April 22, 2014 at 4pm in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health building, room 8240.
Clinton School students Haylee Fletcher of Prescott Valley, Ariz., Caroline Head of Little Rock, Ark., Laetitia Tokplo of Benin, West Africa, and Angela Toomer of Little Rock, Ark., researched ways to market the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center to the surrounding community and to recruit volunteers from UAMS. They are presenting a communications plan and marketing toolkit that recommends best ways to increase access and UAMS volunteer involvement, ultimately contributing to a healthier community.
The 12th Street Health and Wellness Center is located on the south side of I-630, in a community historically underserved by health services. Students from five UAMS colleges and the graduate school provide preventive healthcare under the supervision of licensed health professionals within this student-led, inter-professional Center.
“The 12th Street Center will rely on the team’s results and recommendations to craft our community communications plan,” said Lanita White, Pharm.D., director of the Center. “An effective communications plan will enable us to reach more patients in our efforts to improve the health of Arkansans.”
Fletcher, Head, Tokplo, and Toomer bring experience working with underserved populations around the world. They look forward to contributing to the growth of the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center and impacting the health of Arkansans in a positive way.
UAMS and the team welcome community members and health professionals to attend their final presentation.